Town Number 17 in Carabao Cup Draw - Ipswich Town News

Town will be ball number 17 in Thursday afternoon’s draw for round one of the Carabao Cup.

Round one sees see teams drawn in unseeded northern and southern sections with matches scheduled to take place week commencing 9th August, although clubs are permitted to mutually agree an alternative date between 31st July and 4th August. The draw takes place on Sky Sports at 3.40pm.

Last season the Blues were knocked out in round two after they were beaten 1-0 by Fulham at Portman Road having defeated Bristol Rovers 3-0 at home.

Town's League One fixtures will be announced at 9am with the U21 side who will be in the Blues' Papa John's Trophy group will be confirmed at 4.30pm, also live on Sky Sports.

Carabao Cup Round One South
1. AFC Bournemouth
2. AFC Wimbledon
3. Birmingham City
4. Bristol City
5. Bristol Rovers
6. Burton Albion
7. Cambridge United
8. Cardiff City
9. Charlton Athletic
10. Cheltenham Town
11. Colchester United
12. Coventry City
13. Crawley Town
14. Exeter City
15. Forest Green Rovers
16. Gillingham
17. Ipswich Town
18. Leyton Orient
19. Luton Town
20. Millwall
21. Milton Keynes Dons
22. Newport County
23. Northampton Town
24. Oxford United
25. Peterborough United
26. Plymouth Argyle
27. Portsmouth
28. Queens Park Rangers
29. Reading
30. Stevenage
31. Sutton United
32. Swansea City
33. Swindon Town
34. Wycombe Wanderers

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